Alternatives to PAIN Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7142.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 17, January 30, 2024, Page H317):
  Article 1, section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Increasing access to non-opioid alternatives for pain management.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  129 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7142, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7142

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  47c441bb0e05fb707fce4ff1a073c3e9c288b622fcd7da786519aa6ac51b5788

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7142, last updated December 19, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.